Is the price of stardom a broken heart?
Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at a Hollywood party, she catches the eye of her idol Norman Maine, is sent for a screen test, and before long attains stardom as newly minted Vicki Lester. She and Norman marry, though his career soon dwindles to nothing due to his chronic alcoholism.
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Cast
- Janet GaynorEsther Blodgett
- Fredric MarchNorman Maine
- Adolphe MenjouOliver Niles
- May RobsonLettie Blodgett
- Andy DevineDanny McGuire
- Lionel StanderMatt Libby
- Owen MooreCasey Burke
- Peggy WoodMiss Phillips
- Elizabeth JennsAnita Regis
- Edgar KennedyPop Randall
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- William A. WellmanDirector
- Dorothy ParkerScreenplay
- Alan CampbellScreenplay
- Robert CarsonScreenplay
- Ben HechtWriter
- David O. SelznickWriter
- W. Howard GreeneDirector of Photography
- Max SteinerOriginal Music Composer
- James E. NewcomEditor
- David O. SelznickProducer
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